Popular discourse around British Muslims has often been dominated by a focus on Muslim women and their sartorial choices, particularly the hijab and niqab. British Bangladeshi Muslims in the…
A field-trip through the Amazon in the context of the project “Intertwining the historic collections of Spix and Martius”
In this audio file, I reflect on my fieldwork in Palestine. Using commitment as a frame, I address how it […] The post An audio note on Commitment…
Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Oslo, dog den 27 november. Han var bara 62 år gammal, och ändå var hans bortgång inte helt oväntad. Han hade redan haft att…
Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Oslo, dog den 27 november. Han var bara 62 år gammal, och ändå var hans bortgång inte helt oväntad. Han hade redan haft att…
By Freek Colombijn – “Yes, I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying, Crying, Crying!” (King Crimson, Epitaph, 1969) Thomas Hylland Eriksen, one of the greatest anthropologists of our time…
Podcast with Marissa Mika, writer and editor, in conversation with Thandeka Cochrane, Postdoctoral Research Associate, King’s College, London. In this episode we travel to Uganda to hear the…
You’ll see them in film, k-dramas, music videos, webtoons and video games: narrow Seoul alleys (골목길), old restaurants with peeling wallpaper, protagonists drown…
El-Gedaref: A Vital Agricultural Hub Shaped by Migration Located in eastern Sudan, El-Gedaref State is an agricultural powerhouse serves as a critical crossroads for migration, particularly during regi…
The other day a friend asked me about recommendations for development-themed Substacks and rather than responding to him directly, I decided to share my favorite “blogs-send-out-as-newsletters” resour…
The interaction of toxins on the production end and consumer end of fashion consumption. Have we ever considered how our clothes could impact our health? Could something as…
In May 2024, following a barrage of Russian missile attacks on power stations across Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced […] The post Pasts Cast in Concrete and…
How do our physical spaces shape the way we live, connect, and thrive? In this episode of This Anthro Life, we delve into how design and the built…
An anthropologist who studies human-computer interactions explores how and why losing one’s smartphone feels so unsettling. ✽ David, an American cyborg, has lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,…
Abandoned airports. Shipping containers. Squatted hotels. These are just three of the many unusual places that have housed refugees in the past decade. The story of international migration…
Until the fairly recent turn towards therapy and mental health of educated middle classes in Turkey, talking with one’s neighbor, […] The post The Transformative Potential of Intimacy:…
This post is inspired by Naval Ravikant, whose words enlightened me during one of the most uncertain times in my life. Below I share a few insights I…
Somatosphere welcomes you to the seond part of our November edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and…
In the first part of the twentieth century in France, ethnology was a science in the making. Due to its low level of institutionalization relative to other social…
Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we…
New archaeological research reveals insights into the first-known seafarers to brave ocean crossings from Asia to the Pacific Islands more than 50,000 years ago. This article was originally…
Meaningful Mealtimes Human and nonhuman lives may have first become closely entangled with the rise of agriculture as we raised both animals to eat and other animals that…
How are America’s family farms disappearing at such a rapid rate, and what does this mean for the future of our food, families, and rural identity? In this…
The exhibition launches on December 6 and presents a series of curatorial responses to current debates.